DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/23 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.5 - - 72.8 - - 71.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 331 - - 111 - - 22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2736 - - 3307 - - 1719 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2632 - - 2550 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3625 - - 4196 - - 2608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1160 - - 2239 - - 2762 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 396 - - 295 - - 143 W* B/S - - - - - - 23 - - 12 - - 4 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 309 - - 240 - - 094 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -9 - - 9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -470 - - -177 - - -1242 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4095 - - 4373 - - 3851 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2720 - - -714 - - -2469 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6345 - - 4910 - - 5077 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 100 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 30 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.5 - - 72.8 - - 71.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.7 - - 56.9 - - 57.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.8 - - 72.0 - - 71.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.1 - - 56.4 - - 57.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 331 - - 111 - - 22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2736 - - 3307 - - 1719 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 62 - - 100 - - 61 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 10 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 98523 21 121 11 146 7 066 98523 91038 17 097 10 129 11 116 91038 85277 12 069 7 085 12 108 85277 80503 4 026 6 070 6 039 80503 76399 2 171 5 055 7 002 76399 72779 6 159 2 178 5 316 72779 69498 5 142 3 206 1 285 69498 66478 4 165 5 226 4 204 66478 63682 6 194 4 203 7 169 63682 60967 11 228 8 247 7 274 60967 58125 13 227 19 226 17 256 58125 55171 17 226 21 214 26 236 55171 52358 24 241 26 231 27 225 52358 49845 34 232 28 231 29 230 49845 47619 36 221 30 233 33 234 47619 45634 44 220 39 243 39 233 45634 43840 49 218 44 230 45 217 43840 42196 36 214 34 200 52 202 42196 40668 16 217 30 209 57 199 40668 39225 15 248 33 221 52 201 39225 37858 16 263 40 240 40 222 37858 36538 20 279 40 256 50 237 36538 35193 21 281 29 244 52 237 35193 33791 17 278 24 229 47 233 33791 32335 19 231 18 211 41 225 32335 30809 29 216 12 206 38 219 30809 29199 35 217 21 217 36 212 29199 27505 35 215 32 218 35 207 27505 25734 35 214 37 223 37 206 25734 23896 31 230 35 226 37 217 23896 21991 21 244 27 226 32 223 21991 20012 16 255 19 238 24 227 20012 17950 17 259 17 255 17 236 17950 15847 20 258 18 255 16 248 15847 13819 18 258 15 244 15 257 13819 11973 17 261 11 243 12 252 11973 10333 12 257 11 243 12 238 10333 8876 10 200 10 244 14 249 8876 7581 13 157 10 246 19 257 7581 6435 11 170 10 244 18 253 6435 5420 5 206 9 241 14 242 5420 4524 5 283 7*236 9 230 4524 3734 4*298 5*235 5 211 3734 3026 4*305 5 237 3*140 3026 2401 3 308 4 239 5*106 2401 1879 3 310 4 241 7 094 1879 1477 3 309 4 243 7 092 1477 1201 3 311 4 245 7 091 1201 1034 3 313 3 246 7 091 1034 938 2 312 3 247 6 090 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography